Archive for September, 2007
{ September 30, 2007 @ 10:38 pm }
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{ Finished Objects, spinning }
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{ September 26, 2007 @ 8:36 pm }
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{ Family & Friends, My Lamb }
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After returning from a wedding down in St George, where it never rains except on the wedding day. Happily it was in St George because when it stopped raining about 3 pm it cleared up and the sun came out. The wedding was saved and it was beautiful. The Bride of course, was beautiful, the groom was beaming and the sunset was to die for. Anyway Justin is part of the family, so we had to celebrate with him beside the youngest of the King and Queens was bestman. So after returning I had mail from the Schacht Fleece Farm on Jael. She is becoming quite the leader, witch is a good quality but not one that all lambs show. Icelandic sheep have a strain known as leadersheep, they are more fine boned and taller than other Icelandic sheep. They do actually lead or gather the other sheep and direct their path. It has been very hard work on the farm this summer becasue of the lack of rain. I am so glad that the shepherdess is such a marvelous tender and cares so deeply for all her flock. Jael and her friends have been weaned for a few weeks now, and that went well. The farm tried a new weaning process that seperated the ewes and the lambs and so they didn’t cry for each other during the weaning process, it worked out well. Jael has worked hard to produce her new fleece. It is currently between four and five inches in length. I’m so excited…. And if you are in the Indiana area on the 30th the Schacht Fleece Farm is hosting a shearing, stop in and say hi to Jael and her friends..
{ September 22, 2007 @ 12:01 am }
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{ Dyeing Fiber, Gnome N Clayture, spinning }
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This was my last dye class and it wasn’t a dissapointment. Wow we worked with Indigo and Logwood. Guess what, i got to tye dye a shirt just like the old days of hippydom. Who would have guessed, the Queen a hippy, not quite but I do remember them. We did have cameras back then and they were more advanced than a Brownie. Well anyway Indigo is a very strong dye, along with Logwood so you have to be careful not to turn everything blue, blue, blue. The colors are very rich though and I dipped my beautiful, yellows into the indigo and came out with fabulous greens. Go figure. Well now i just have to decide what to knit up with my array of dye stuff. If you have suggestions send them don’t be shy. 
The Gnomes wanted to say Hi! to everyone
And I am spinning up some wonderful colors of fiber. This is 2 oz of a limited edition from Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio handpainted by Lori Lawson. 50% Alpaca/50% Blue Face LeicesterWool. I picked it up in California a couple years back, before I had a spinning wheel because of the color way. Did I ever do good work, this is a beauty to spin.
Then to make matters even more interesting i picked up this hand made loom at Three Wishes. The different wood these looms are made of are gorgeous, there was one i liked better, but i went with the size and practicalness. Is that a word? Use up singles and get the weaving bug out of the system….
{ September 20, 2007 @ 8:35 pm }
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The King and Queen (that would be me) ventured to Soldier Hollow on Labor Day to view the incrediable Border Collies from around the world. No pictures so close your eyes and i will give you visual. The Handler and Collie come to a starting point at the base of a quarter mile hill. On the upper slope of the hill are 8 dog naive stubborn sheep. Yearlings i believe that have never been herded by dogs. The Collie is given the command to bring the sheep and at a dead run races up this slope looking for the sheep. Finding them the dog then carefully but quickly herds them down to a gate they need to go through and then to the handler. Upon completeing this task the dog again races up the hill to retrive another 8 red collared sheep that are herded through a different gate and then joined with the other 8 sheep. On command the dog then herds the sheep through 2 gates. These gates are and opening of normal gate size, then 8 foot of fence and nothing else, so the dog has to keep the sheep together and not let them go around the fence portion. Did i mention this is done on the clock of 24 minutes. Now the 16 sheep are returned to the handler and driven into a pretend corral where the Collie and the handler shed or try to get 5 red collared sheep to separte from the group, drive them off and into a very small corral. The reward for all this hard work is for the Collie to jump into a tub of water to cool off. This is amazing to watch almost unbelievable. Try it, if you get a chance.
{ September 18, 2007 @ 12:38 am }
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{ September 18, 2007 @ 12:23 am }
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{ New Babies & Stuff }
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Yes, although the Duchess didn’t feel up to snuff, she still consented to sing in our Sunday Sacrament meeting. I had both Queen Mothers attending with me, the Princess was excused due to the fact she was still in the hospital. We do accept some excuses. It was just beautiful and touched all there. She sang All Gods Creatures. (they told me after and even the next week) Wow, she moved us all. Thank you Duchess. We then cuddled W a whole bunch because the time with the Duchess was winding down, she was getting home sick if you can imagine. And there is nothing like a snuggle from a new baby to make discomfort a little easier to endure. Just take a look at the slide show.
Then the sad day i do think i used more tissues. Darn it all anyway. But what a great time we had with the Duchess for over 2 weeks. We were going to hold her hostage but then we felt bad for the Duke and the dogs so we sent her on her way. We miss you Duchess.
{ September 16, 2007 @ 10:15 pm }
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{ Dyeing Fiber, Family & Friends }
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We should have a contest. Okay, the best excuse of why you are so far behind in life, blogging, knitting, spinning, or what ever will receive a surprise from the Queen. It will be better than a 3 foot zuchinni also.
Oh my I am still writing about August and i do believe we are roaring into mid September. Bear with me it’s just all good stuff to be remembered, rekindled, revered, loved and enjoyed again in writing. As you could see W was well worth waiting for and now we have a new little family. The Queen almost didn’t cry, but then that would have been uncharacteristic so i did. Thank goodness for tissues and long sleeves.
Well after hanging out at the hospital on Friday the Duchess and I had to prepare for our Dyeing class. Yellows, that would be Marigolds, Rabbit Brush, Osage Orange and Madder. There are others but those are the 4 we would work with in class. I must have witches in my ancestery, I love this mixing, boiling, dipping and singing (in my head only) witches witches, boil and bubble, toil and trouble to come. And then giving a lovely witch laugh out loud. Wait till you hear about morning glory but that will be later. Yellow is a common naturally occuring color. There are lots of good books about natural dyeing, but the books are not near a fun a the class that we took at Three Wishes.
{ September 16, 2007 @ 10:10 pm }
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{ Dyeing Fiber }
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{ September 11, 2007 @ 10:51 pm }
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{ New Babies & Stuff, grandkids }
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Can you believe i’m still knitting kitchen clothes. I really like to try out new color combinations and it’s easy. Yes..
This is small and portable, and very classy.
and i haven’t forgotten about the contest, it is on going for about another week. 
